By Andrea Shalal MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – Rising debt levels among “seemingly healthy” countries in Asia could drag growth in the region below currently forecast levels, World Bank Chief Economist…
NEW YORK – U.S. restaurant employment in September finally matched pre-pandemic numbers, marking the first time in over three years, according to a report unveiled on Friday. This suggests a…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese holidaymakers’ spending surged during this year’s eight-day Golden Week holiday, beating pre-pandemic levels and potentially boosting confidence in the country’s economic recovery. In China, the Mid-Autumn…
WASHINGTON, DC – Traffic deaths in the U.S. decreased by 3.3% in the first half of this year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The decline is…
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Job vacancies in Australia slid from record levels in the three months to August, adding to signs that the country’s labour shortage might be…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden told top American rabbis on Thursday that he felt antisemitism has “risen to record levels” and was a big challenge…
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – The Panama Canal’s water levels have not recovered enough as the end of the rainy season approaches and limits on daily transit and…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed setting federal minimum staffing levels for nursing homes, a move aimed at addressing longtime complaints about abuse and neglect in…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing contracted for a 10th straight month in August, but the pace of decline continued to slow, suggesting that the sector could be stabilizing at lower…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that authorities are not targeting absolute currency levels when it comes to intervening in the market. Suzuki…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Bank of China Ltd, China’s fourth-largest lender by assets, has launched a countrywide exercise to reduce the salary gaps among its employees and mid- and high-level managers…
Lawyer Says ‘Political Speech’ Is Being ‘Criminally Prosecuted’ At ‘Highest Levels’ In Wake Of Trump Indictment Harold Hutchison on August 1, 2023 An attorney said Tuesday that “political speech” was…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing appeared to stabilize at weaker levels in July amid a gradual improvement in new orders, but factory employment dropped to a three-year low, suggesting that…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s headline inflation likely eased in the first half of July to its lowest level in more than two years, but still remained above the central…
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) – The influence of Mexican drug gangs and increased cocaine output in Colombia have pushed murders toward record levels in Costa Rica, a top…
CANELONES, Uruguay (Reuters) – At the Canelon Grande Reservoir, a major source of water for Uruguay’s thirsty capital Montevideo, water levels have been so low for so long that grass…
Jobless Claims Soar To Highest Levels Since 2021 Jason Cohen on June 8, 2023 The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims increased more than expected to 261,000 in…
GOP Senators Slam House Republicans For Defense Spending Levels In Debt Bill Arjun Singh on June 1, 2023 Several Republican senators are criticizing their counterparts in the House of Representatives…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank interest rate hikes are in their final stretch, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos told an Italian newspaper, while warning that higher borrowing costs…
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – The EU has not observed any significant smuggling of weapons into Europe from wartime Ukraine, the European Commission’s top internal affairs official said on…
(Reuters) – Air monitoring around an extinguished fire at the Shell Plc’s chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas, showed no harmful levels of chemicals in the air, the company said…
As Juvenile Crime Skyrockets To Record Levels, States Seek To Crack Down Erinn Broadus on May 5, 2023 As juvenile crime has skyrocketed across the nation following the beginning of…
Fed Hikes Rates To Highest Levels Since Eve Of 2008 Financial Crisis Jason Cohen on May 3, 2023 The Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter…
By Joe Cash and Pasit Kongkunakornkul BEIJING/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Bookings in China for trips abroad during the upcoming May Day holiday point to a continued recovery in travel to Asian…
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British homes sales recovered to within a whisker of pre-pandemic levels in March, representing a recovery from September when the failed economic plan of…